Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
1st fluke race, Valkyrie rounding stake boat |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
October 5, 1893 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of a yacht surrounded by several small steamboats in New York Harbor. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / 668 / 1st fluke race / Valkyrie rounding stake / boat / Fine day / W.L. / 3.37 1/2 / 60 ft / Inst fastest / Thursday Oct 5th 1893." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This photo shows the first race between the American yacht Vigilant and the British challenger Valkyrie in the 1893 America's Cup |
Earliest Date |
1893 |
Latest Date |
1893 |
Subjects |
Yacht racing |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5774 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, June 2018. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |